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Teddy Roosevelt: “Moreover, we are now beginning to recognize that weaker peoples have a claim upon us, even when the appeal is made, not…”

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Moreover, we are now beginning to recognize that weaker peoples have a claim upon us, even when the appeal is made, not to our emotions by some sudden calamity, but to our consciences by a long-continuing condition of affairs.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt acknowledges the ongoing claims weaker peoples have on stronger nations, beyond immediate crises.

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